Tallapoosa

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

through Georgia and Alabama. It unites with the Coosa about 10 miles N. E. of Montgomery, in the latter State, and forms the Alabama river. It is nearly 250 miles long and is navigable for about 40 miles. TALLEMANT DES RÉAUX, GÉD- EON (tä-luh-mong' dā rā-ō'), a French chronicler; born in La Rochelle, France, about 1619. At 19 he visited Italy in company with the future Cardinal de Retz, and at an early age married his cousin Elizabeth Rambouillet, whose ample fortune enabled him to give himself to letters and to society. About 1650 he bought for 115,000 livres the seignorial estate of Plessis-Rideau in Touraine, and was permitted to change its name to that of Des Réaux. His famous was written work, the "Historiettes," es," from 1657 to 1659, and is invaluable as a complete picture of the society of his time. He was still living in 1691, but was certainly dead by 1701. His brother, the ABBE TALLEMANT (1620-1693), was a man of wit and an academician, but his "Plutarch's Lives" (1663) brought him little credit. His cousin PAUL TALLE- (1642-1712), early began to MANT scribble verses, at 18 wrote his "Trip to the Isle of Love," an ingenious commentary on Mlle. de Scudèry's famous "Carte de Tendre" (Map of Tenderness), and entered the Academy in 1666. TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD, CHARLES MAURICE DE (tä-lā-rongpā-rē-gor'), PRINCE OF BENEVENTO, a French diplomatist; born in Paris, France, Feb. 13, 1754. Though the eldest of three brothers he was, in consequence 235 TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD Leon co.; on the Carrabelle, Tallahassee, of lameness caused by an accident, deand Georgia, and the Florida Central prived of his rights of primogeniture, and devoted, against his will, to the priesthood. His hi high birth and great ability procured him rapid advancement, and in 1788 he was consecrated. Bishop of Autun. On the meeting of the States- General he was elected deputy for Autun. He sided with the popular leaders in the revolutionary movements; and his advocacy of the abolition of tithes and the transference of Church lands to the State gained him great popularity. In 1790 he was elected president of the National Assembly. When the civil constitution of the clergy was adopted he gave his adhesion to it. For this he was excommunicated by a papal brief, and thereupon renounced his episcopal TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD functions (1791). In 1792 he was sent to London charged with diplomatic functions, and during his stay there was proscribed for alleged royalist intrigues. Forced to leave England by the provisions of the Alien Act, in 1794 he for the United States, but returned to France in 1796. The following year he was appointed minister of foreign affairs; but being suspected of keeping up an understanding with the agents of Louis XVIII. he was obliged to resign in July, 1799. He now devoted himself entirely to Bonaparte, and after the latter's return from Egypt contributed greatly to the events of the 18th Brumaire (Nov. 10, 1799), when the directory fell and the consulate began. He was then reappointed minister of foreign affairs, and for the next few years was the executant of all Bonaparte's diplomatic schemes. After the establishment of the empire in TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD 1804 he was appointed to the office of grand-chamberlain, and in 1806 was created Prince of Benevento. After the peace of Tilsit in 1807 a coolness took place between him and Napoleon, and became more and more marked. In 1808 he secretly joined a royalist committee. In 1814 he procured Napoleon's abdication, and afterward exerted himself very effectually in re-establishing Louis XVIII. on the throne of his ancestors. He took part in the Congress of Vienna, and in 1815, when the allies again entered Paris, he became president of the council with the portfolio of foreign affairs; but as he objected to sign the second peace of Paris he gave in his resignation. After this he retired into private life, in which he remained for 15 years. When the revolution of July, 1830, broke out, he advised Louis Philippe to place himself at its head and to accept the throne. Declining the office of minister of foreign affairs he proceeded to London as ambassador, and of crowned his career by the formation the Quadruple Alliance. He resigned in November, 1834, and quitted public life forever. He died in Paris May 17, 1838. His "Memoirs" were published in 1891. JEAN LAMBERT,